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The Immune System! What Diseases? The Bad Guys! Viruses Very tiny Like a tootsie pop: Chocolate on inside is genetic material Viruses Cont. Take over cells, make copies of themselves, and kill the cell Examples: Flu, HIV, chickenpox Bacteria Smaller than our cells Many are good Many cause disease Like a Fruit (orange or banana) Have a hard peel/cell wall Bacteria Examples: chlamydia, gonorrhea, E. coli Okay, now the Immune System The Good Guys! Macrophages “Big Eaters” Gobble up Bacteria and Viruses Heart of Immune System Macrophages break up bad guys into little pieces and display